Cloud DevOps Engineer — CI/CD, AWS & SRE

Heidrick & Struggles; New York (NY); On-site; USD 128,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of executive leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions. The DevOps Engineer will bridge development and operations, designing, implementing, and maintaining automated processes for building, testing, and deploying applications in a cloud environment.

You will design and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, develop IaC and CI/CD capabilities, support container platforms, and participate in on-call rotations while embedding security and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, Cloud Administrator, Site Reliability Engineer or similar role.
• Experience designing, building, configuring, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline/AWS CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or comparable tools.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, GO).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with administration of Relational and NoSQL Managed Database Services.
• Knowledge of networking, security, and Linux system administration.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate, and continuously improve secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure supporting application workloads.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD capabilities, and automation that enable consistent, reliable, and efficient application delivery.
• Support containerized application platforms and cloud services across the application lifecycle.
• Production Operations & Reliability.
• Provide Tier-3 production support for applications and cloud infrastructure, including ownership of complex incident investigation, resolution, root-cause analysis, and preventative improvements.
• Maintain and improve the availability, performance, resilience, scalability, and operational readiness of production services.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and support critical production incidents outside normal business hours, as required.
• Observability & Continuous Improvement.
• Maintain effective monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability capabilities that provide visibility into application and infrastructure health.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve reliability, performance, operational efficiency, and service recovery through engineering and automation.
• Security & Operational Governance
• Embed security, compliance, and appropriate controls into cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and operational processes.
• Support effective release, change management, access control, and production operating practices in accordance with organizational standards.
• Engineering Collaboration & Innovation
• Partner with development, QA, security, infrastructure, and support teams to improve application delivery, operational readiness, and production reliability.
• Apply automation, scripting, and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled engineering capabilities, to improve DevOps workflows and engineering effectiveness.
• Communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders regarding service health, incidents, releases, and operational improvements.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Python scripting

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Linux and networking

Observability/Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild

Jenkins

Terraform (IaC)

Job description

Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of executive leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions. The DevOps Engineer will bridge development and operations, designing, implementing, and maintaining automated processes for building, testing, and deploying applications in a cloud environment.

You will design and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, develop IaC and CI/CD capabilities, support container platforms, and participate in on-call rotations while embedding security and